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Golden closing for Neuquén in the Patagonian Games

Neuquén had a golden closure in the 2nd Patagonian Integration Games that closed this afternoon in Puerto Madryn, Chubut, and opens its arms to the third edition that will have the province as the venue for the 2024 edition.

Medals in tennis, taekwondo, wrestling, climbing, badminton and archery rounded off the last day of competition. In the final day, the provincial delegation obtained seven gold, six silver and four bronze medals.

Throughout the three days of competition, Neuquén obtained 43 medals: 14 gold, 15 silver and 14 bronze

On the courts of the Puerto Madryn Tennis Club Ignacio Piñeiro, who last year in La Pampa had won the silver medal, this time had the pleasure of winning the gold medal by beating Valentín Jurado from Río Negro by a double 6-1 . In the same complex, Julieta Deniz Reyes played and was unable to beat Guadalupe Marina from Chubut, who defeated her by the same score and won the silver medal.

Then Piñeiro, together with Joaquín Marchan, lost the men’s doubles final against the duo from La Pampa.

The joy for the Neuquén delegation continued in the Municipal Gymnasium No. 1 in combat sports that were closed by teams.

In this modality all the participants compete and add up for the province. The taekwondo that obtained 12 medals throughout the tournament had a great closing once again, winning the gold medal against Río Negro in men in the TK3 modality.

The team led by Jano Alarcón, was made up of Emiliano Dumigual, Tobias Nelson Bisoki and Gonzalo Torres. While the women’s team, led by Zarina Menghini and made up of Valentina Becerra Torres, Lara León and Melani Rial, achieved bronze by losing to Tierra del Fuego in the semis.

In the fight, the team of Exequiel Gavilán and Georgina López (Thiago Espinoza, Melanie Azócar and Araceli Cardozo) won the bronze medal.

Sport climbing was the discipline that had its premiere in this edition and Neuquén also managed to make it to the podium.

At the Club Andino, where the lectures were held, Nehuén Von Rola Reyes, from Chosmal, won the silver medal while his brother Yagu and Helena Rico Galeano, from San Martin, won the bronze medal.

At Escuela 710 María Carbajal where they competed in badminton, the Neuquén people took the podium in singles with gold from Zaida Garcés and Valentín García. The latter, along with Ciro Vázquez from Chosmala, won silver in the men’s doubles and the women’s duo Zaida Garcés-Milagros Berraondo did the same.

In the adapted modality, the discipline also obtained achievements with the gold of Luis Maldonado.

Finally, in archery, at the facilities of Escuela 193 Velero Mimosa, the team from Neuquén completed a perfect closing with the team gold medal with the duo Esteban Silva and Oriana González Vargas. In addition, in adapted, Sofia Aguirre Quintulén from Junin won the gold medal and Aldana Albarrán, the silver.

These games, like those of the first edition, had a promotional character, for which medals are awarded by disciplines and there is officially no overall winner.